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Make Me a Memphian: Where to live

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Mon, 7 Aug 2023 10:50:43 -0500

In today’s installment of Make Me a Memphian, we take on what could be the most important question of all: Where should you live?

Touring 100 N. Main: Shattered glass, shell casings, law books and spectacular views

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:25:50 -0600

The Downtown Memphis Commission anticipates issuing in about two weeks a request for proposals to potential developers of the 100 North Main Building and the entire block it towers above.

Art of the deal: Buyer deftly times purchase of 47 acres

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 04:00:05 -0600

“It’s amazing that almost every commercial real estate developer has driven by this site for years, but nobody looked underneath the hood,” broker Barry Maynard said.

Ford Megasite: United Auto Workers may have edge in organizing Blue Oval City

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:53:42 -0600

What’s the difference between “card check” and a secret-ballot vote? Perhaps the unionization of the mammoth Blue Oval City that Ford Motor Co. plans to build just east of Memphis.

Edge District's revival inches onto Union Avenue

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 04:00:07 -0600

The old Coleman Taylor Transmission shop on Union is leaving the Edge District. Its departure frees more room for new apartments that would be called The Rise on The Ravine.

Ford Megasite: Blue Oval City turns Haywood property red hot

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Tue, 4 Jan 2022 10:27:13 -0600

Ford’s plans for a $5.6 billion auto plant campus with 6,000 workers has turned the spotlight on Haywood County property owners.

Five Memphis firms win statewide architectural awards

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 19:35:58 -0600

Memphis architectural firms received more than a third of the statewide design awards announced by the Tennessee chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Whitehead: Suburban housing still reigns, but wave of mixed-use projects offers variety

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0600

Arguably, planning expert Josh Whitehead knows more than anyone about trends in Memphis development. He answered a few questions before leaving City Hall to join a law firm.

Historic Mallory-Neely House to reopen for tours

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 13:49:25 -0600

In addition to tours, the Museum of Science and History plans to rotate exhibits monthly in the 169-year-old home and host a special event on March 5 with a Roaring 20s theme.

New owners renaming Stonebridge as 'Lakeland Golf & Paddle Club'

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 06:20:51 -0600

Stonebridge Golf Course sold only about 20,000 rounds of golf this year. That creates an opportunity to improve the golfing experience and grow the business, the new owners say.

Proposed new Terminix owner commits to 'substantial' Memphis presence

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:58:50 -0600

The proposed new majority owner of the merged companies, Rentokil, “supports us and our team and leadership,” a Teminix spokesman says.

With enrollment falling, SWTCC drops Downtown expansion

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:00:01 -0600

Southwest Tennessee Community College is focusing on rebuilding its enrollment after a 24% drop during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stonebridge Golf Course in Lakeland sold

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:19:34 -0600

Businessman Mark Lovell has sold the privately owned but publicly accessible Stonebridge Golf Course.

First Horizon continues closing or rebranding Iberiabank branches

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Wed, 8 Dec 2021 04:00:01 -0600

By late February, First Horizon will have closed six Memphis-area IberiaBank branches and rebranded another. One of the closed properties, near Saddle Creek in Germantown, just sold for $3.75 million.

Townsend buys sixth property on Summer Avenue's west end

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Fri, 3 Dec 2021 12:01:54 -0600

William “Bill” Townsend continues acquiring commercial properties on the west end of Summer, and he’s forming a plan.

Memphis Bar Association gavel passes from one pioneer to another

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Fri, 3 Dec 2021 04:00:04 -0600

Tannera Gibson becomes the Memphis Bar Association’s first Black female president. She succeeds Peter Gee, the organization’s first Asian American president.

Hit & ruin: Vandalism destroys art honoring dead pedestrians, cyclists

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:03:24 -0600

The 69 symbolic figures represented the record number of walkers and bikers who were killed on Memphis streets last year.

Memphis ranks 2nd in nation for low-cost utilities

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:27:58 -0600

A firm that simplifies bill-paying for households around the country reports that Memphis is second only to Austin, Texas, for having the nation’s lowest average utility bills.

Whitehead leaving zoning office to join law firm

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:34:55 -0600

Josh Whitehead, zoning administrator for Memphis and Shelby County, plans to join the Burch Porter & Johnson law firm after Jan. 1.

Want a vintage, stained-glass window? Now's your chance

tbailey@dailymemphian.com (Tom Bailey) — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:00:09 -0600

Salvaged over many decades from closed Episcopal churches in Tennessee, the 25 windows will be offered first to any local buyers until Jan. 1, then marketed internationally.